Weighing-machine.



A. MICHEL.

WEIGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1905 Patented July 4, 1911 4 SHEETSBHEET l.

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WBIGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV,4,19 05.

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A. MICHEL.

WEIGEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1905.

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A. MICHEL. WEIGHING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED N614, 1905.

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ANTON MICHEL, or. V IENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR or ONE-nets 'ro mi,

FIRM C. $CHOMBER- & SdI-INE, F VIENNA-ATZGERSDORF, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY".

.. WEIGHING-MACHINE.

. l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON MICHEL, a subject ofthe Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsfin- W'eighingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a weighing appar'atus with a scale, the weighing capacity 10 of which is enlarged as desired by the hang ing on of suspension-weights, the valueof each of which corresponds to that of the maximum graduation of the scale, which weights come into action in a'constant sequence on' a separate auxiliary'heam, the said Weighing apparatus also having. oscillating scales. and a stationary pointer arranged in such a manner that theresults of the weighings can, be directly-mad off and printed; the said apparatus also comprises a device for automatically counting the num-j 'ber'of times the weighbridge is loaded. The weighing apparatus comprises two ,devices: On the one side there is arranged a quadrant balance withaswinging scale,

the center of gravity of which is so positioned that the action executed on the latter by the weight on the weighing bridge moves the scale corresponding to this ettect'of load d until the end of the scale is reached. For larger loads which exceed the range of the maximum value indicated, on the scale, the second part of the weighing apparatus comes into operation, which consists of an auxiliary beam with suspension weights, which are suspended on theauxiliary beam cor responding to the effect of' load exerted on the weighiugbridge for the purpose of nnbiu'dcning the scale of the quadrant 40 balance, as soorr as the extent of the scale of. the quadrant balance .does not-'suilice in rclationto the eit'ect of load exerted on the weighing bridge. This auxiliary beam is inserted in the lever arrangement which transfers the effect of load exerted upon the weighing bridge to the quadrant bal' ance so that this auxiliary beam must continually participate in. the motion of 1 the quadrant balance. WVhen a counter weight is suspended on the auxiliary beam, so as to act in opposition to the effect of load exerted upon the weighing bridge, then the effect of load exerted upon the weighing bridge when transferred to the quadrant -.balance, will be diminished by the weight Specification of Letters Patent. spinal... filed November 4, 1905.

Patented July 4, 1911;; Serial No. 285,878.

value of tliis-counterweight and/the ance shows on its scale-onlythat weight value which exceeds the weight value ,of the counter-weight suspended on'the auxiliary beam. The more weights are suspended on the auxiliary beam, so much the.

more can be weighed wit-h'this weighing ap paratus. For an easier survey the suspen* sion weights are generallyanade to equal the 1 round weight values of the scale of th e" quadrant balance, If for. example the scale of the balance corresponds to a weight on 1 the weighing bridge of 200 kg. or somewhat;

more, then the suspension weights correspend exactly to. the weight value- 05.200170 kg. on the weighing'bridge. If new three suspension weights are being suspendedon the auxiliary beam andthe scale of the balance shows 155 kg.,,then' the weight on the weighing bridge amounts to 3X200+155= 75 755 kg.- The suspension weightscanbe sus- .pended now in 'anymanner; the weighing".

apparatus according-to. the. present applicae tion shows, however, the manner'm which? the sus vnsion wei hts can be automatically i suspen ed on or removed from the-auxiliary beam-by the effect of the load exerted-on r the weighing bridge. v 7

-One form of construction of the improved weighing machine is shown. in the accom- '8 panying drawings. 1

Figure l is an elevation of the weighing machine with the frontwall removed.- Fig. 2 is a correspondin vertical section onthe line X X, F 1g. 3. ig. 3'is a plan. Fig 4-190.

- is a sectional elevation of a portionof the,

mechanism. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation t= of the mechanism shown by Fig. 4 in a plane at right anglesto the latter. Fig. 6 is a top plan view, partially in-seetion, of another portion ofthe inechanism.' Fig. 7"is1 11 sec tion on the line 7 Fig. 6. Figs.'8,.9 and" 10 are, respectively, a sectional elevation, a sectional plan and a sectional detail of a modified form for automatically suspending the weights. I The scale 1 is fastened to an arm 2, whichcan be moved in any desired manner by the effort of a load on suitable balance-mechanism; in the form of construction shown, it 5 is moved through the rod 3 by means of the auxiliary beam 4,-which connects the link 5. with the transfer-lever 6 beneath the weighbridge 7 and transmits theelfeet of the load to the inclined beam S-on which the-arm 2 1 is mounted; consequently the scale 1 moves in accordance with the efiect of this load and takes up a corresponding position.

The transmission of the effect of the load from the weigh-bridge 7 is performed in the usual manner by'means of knife-edges carried by the levers 47 upon which the weigh'- bridge is'resting. The levers 17 which are fork-shaped also have at their single ends knife-edges which are connected with the knife-edges 66 of the transfer-lever 6 in the usual manner by means of suspension mem-- bers. A part of the effect of the load upon the knife-edges 66 is transferred to the knifeedge ,67 of the lever 6, the latter being connectedby means of ordinary suspension members with the link which transfers, by

I means of an ordinary -suspension member,

the efiect of the load imparted to the same "to the knife-edge.68 of thebeam 4.

On an extensionof the beam 4 is arranged .a knife-edge 69 directed downward, and from this knife-edge the rod 3 descends to' theknife-edge 70 of-the inclined beam 8.

To an extensionof this beam 8 is linked the arm 2 with the scale. 1 and the said beam 8 moves upon the knife-edge 71.

- The arm 2 with the scale 1 oscillates in conjunction with the inclined beam 8 on either side of a vertical middle plane in --which t QrflXlS-O oscillation of the inclined beam c mes to lie, this arrangement being particu arly advantageous in this construction vof the weighing machine, however, to su t different circumstances, any desired di- .rection can be chosen relatively to the plane of oscillationvof the arm 2 and to the middle plane of' oscillation.

In the middle plane of oscillation opposite to the scale 1 is arranged the pointer 9, which is fixed relatively to the direction of oscillation, but must-"be-movable to some extent perpendicularly to this. for the pur-' os'e of printing the result. of :the weighing. "orthe same purpose, this must also be the case with the scale 1.

For weighing's which go beyond the range of'the scale Iemploy the auxiliary beam 4, which =is provided with knife-edges arranged'in"aplane-passing through the center'of-gravity'of the said beam (see the brokeii line inFig. 1 of the drawing), the axisrdf oscillation of the said beam also passing tl'i'rough the c nter of gravity thereofM'By tliisznic'ans 'the auxiliary beam 4 is ir eqmlibriuin in any position.

)u the knife-edges 33 of ,the auxiliary b. im 4' are "suspended iftlie suspensionwcights which correspond each to' the wcight-valueof the. maximum graduation marked on the scale 1 and are of such munber as to correspond to the load of the weigh-'bridgefor the time being and a scale 11 is. provided 1 in order to enable these weight-values '(depend'ng on the number of such weights suspended on said beam) to be "simultaneously read off and printed. The number-of these suspension-weights is according to the size of the weighing capacity of the weighing machine and the extent of the scale 1.

If loads up to 1000 kg. areto be weighed on a weighing machine with an accuracy to 1 kg, the scale 1 can be employed with 200 parts to 1 kg.:200 kg. and four suspension weights 25 of 200 kg. each. Butif an accuracy of 0.5 kg.. is required, the scale 1 can haveQOO parts to 9.5 kg.:100 kg. and nine suspension weights 25 of 100 kg. each.

The suspension weights 25 can, in accordance with the space provided, be employed on the one arm of the auxiliary beam 4-, as in Fig. 1, and disposed in parallel relation in one series, or-thc said weights may be arranged in two rows, as represented in Fig; 9, or if the arms or beams be increased, the weights will be correspondingly increased and similarly arranged in rows. In Fig. 9 four weights 2?) are .shown in two rows disposed upon a fork arm of the auxiliary lever 4. These susp 25 are always employed and arranged in' accordance with a determined sequence of series or in a manner similar to the arrangement shown in the drau-=ings.

A common guide-frame 29. is provided for the suspension-weights which frame is moved by means of the lever 28 by which motion the suspension-weights 25 are successively let down onto or iary beam 4, as required. weights 25 are so suspended in the guide frame 29 andthe degree of this frame is so measured that the auxiliary beam 4 (which must always make a stroke corre sponding to the motion of the scale 1 independently of the suspension weights 25) touches none of the suspension weights 25 on the auxiliary beam 4, which should not come inoperation.

Forloads which do not exceed the compass of the scale 1, no suspension weight 25 is needed for operation andthe motion of the scale 1 and of the auxiliary beam 1 is entirely free.

of the scale 1, the first suspension weight. 25

. comes tobe suspended on the auxiliary beam 4 by means of the downward motion of the frame 2!) whereby the beam 4; and the scale 1 are moved to a distance until the suspension weight 25, together with the scale 1, is bal anced bythe load. During this operation. the motion of the guide frame '29 goes so far that the auxiliary beam at can perform its entire motion and the suspension weight 25 operating thereon can neither comejn contact with the frame 29, nor the next succeeding. suspension weight 25 with the auxiliary eusion weights I raised from thecorresponding l-:u1fe-edges 33 on the auxil- The suspensiolr loo beam 4. For the maintenance of this limit astop device (in the present drawings a weight- 31) is used for each suspension weight 25,- the resistance of this devicecbeing overcome by the increasing loading of the weighbridge, sothat the next suspension weight comes to act on the auxiliary beam- 4 by the further motion of the frame 29 in the same manner as the previous'one. So' the operation goes on until the last suspen- SIOII welght 25 comes to act on the auxiliary beam 4.

'By means of the link 34k and lever 35,

Figs. 4 and 5, connecting the frame 29 to the scale 11, the latter is set in accordance with the suspension weights 25 coming into action on the auxiliary beam-4, said link and lever, for the purpose of clearness, being shown in dotted lines in Fig. -1. In the present form of'construction of this weighmg apparatus, the application .to and re' moval of the suspension weights 25 from the auxiliary beam 4- takes place automatically.

by the action of the load on the weighb'ridge 7, which acts by means of the levers l7 on the transferlever 6. The bearing'or support of the transfer-lever 6 is suspended on the short arm of lever 26 which acts at'its other end on the linkwork 27 so as to press the same upward when the weighbridge'7 is loaded and this loading action, by reason of the method of supportingthe transfer lever 6, is partly transferred to the lever 26.

The bearing 61 of the rotary axis-ofthe lever 26 rests upon the lever 36 and is guided through the medium of rods 62 inorder to prevent sidewise movements. The object oflhis movable bearing of lever 26 is to actuate the load on the weighbridge without influencing the results of the. countingdevice which. automatically counts the single weighmgs, as will he more fully hereinafter explained. If this counting device is not'used'or arranged on thevscales, the

bearingoftlie lever 26 need not he movable, but fixed, as the lever 36 'is omitted and the operation of, the lever 26 does not influence the action of the counterweight because the action of the said weight is controlled ,or cnsuesj'from the short end of the transfer.-

'- ring l'cycr-(i which, acting 'upon the short arm ofothe lcve i' 26 in consequence of the limited movemeijt permitted the bearing-61 resting upon lcyer 36- transmits its movement equally strong to the long arm of le- "ver 26. which pressing upwardly engages,

the linkwork 27, while on the lever 36 only the greater pressure caused through the weight on theweighbr-idgc '7 and exercised through the transmission of the levers {l7 and 6 upon the bearing 61 of the lever 26 utilized and which is lost without any useful effect if the'said bearing 61 is fixed.-

The linkw-rk 27 is suspended on one-cud of the lever 28, to; the other end of whichislever26 causes the downward mot-ion of the frame 29 with the suspension weights 25. Since, however, this motion of the frame 29 with the suspension weights 25- should only take place when the end 'of the scale 1 is reached by the loading of the weighbridge -7, weights 31 are suspended near the linkwork 27 on fixed carriers-30 in such a man nerthat' they are taken up successively by the linkwork 27 by means of the carrier 32', when the loading of the 'weighbridgc 7 reaches the limit of the scale 1, which takes place in the following. manner: Assuming that the scale 1 be one reading-up'to 200 kilograms and consequently the suspensionweight-value of 200 kilograms. When the loading of the weighbridge 7 has reached 200 kilograms, the link'work 27 is raised by the lever 26 until the, carrier 32' mounted on the linkwork 27 comes to that weight 31 which .it first reaches. This motion corresponds to that motion which is necessary to depress knife-edge 33 of the auxiliary beam 4 and the latter, can freely play. The suspension weight 25 discharges the pressure operation of the, loado'n the scale 1 for a value of-200 kg. which value is shown on the scale 11, andhthe'scale 1' shows only the excess of the load over 200 kg.

lVheri the. loading of the weighbridge 7 docsnotwmuoh exceed 200 kilograms, the scale 1. goes back to the corresponding point. If, however, the loading of the weighbridge 7 has reach'ed'400 kilograms, the lever 26, throughlifting with it the next weight 31, will be moved until the carrier 32 comes to the second weight 31 and so on, in which opcomes into action on the corresponding lmifc-edge 33 of the auxiliary beam 4.

.l'Vhenthe weight of the load on the weighbridge? is less and ,the initial limit of the scale 1 is reached-the lever 26 also goes back. The linkwork 27., loaded by the: weight 31, goes back until the corresponding number of weights 31 is again received'by the fixed carrier 30 and the corresponding number of slispension-fireiglits 25 is lifted oil from the auxiliary hcai'n 4'by the upwardvmotimi of the frame 29.- I e e ()n the i11(lic: 1tor..9,.a vernier scale can also be mounted, wl'ierchyone is in a position to read with certainty suiall fractions of the scale 1 and to print the same.

able to some extcnt in the direction i nwhich the scale. and. pointer arethen made accordweights 25 are also each adjusted to the eration thenext suspension-weight 25 always For the purpose of printing the results 3. the weighing, the scale 11 must also be movingly, in order to enable theresults of the suspended the frame 29 with the suspension weights 25, so that the upward motion of the.

.90 the frame 29 far enough 'for the first suspension-weight 25 to seat itself on the first and an oscillating scale and weighing to be printed on cards or strips by means of the printing frame .10 which can be pressed in any desired manner against the scale and pointer.

1n the form of construction shown, the printing frame 10 is in front of the scale and pointe and is provided with a suitable window-shaped opening to enable the re suits to be read otf but the printing frame 10 can also be arranged behind the sales and the pointer, as is represented in Figs. 6 and 7, in which case the frame 10 moves only relative to the scales and the pointer, while the piece 48 which. in the arrangement previously described is rigid, is simultant ously moved by means of an angle lever 49 and strut. 50 and presses the cards or strips against the scales and pointer. The flat springs 59, on printing frame 10and on the arm 2 of the scale serve for the releasing of these parts after printing the results of the weighings, so that the play of the beam scales not disturbed. The fixed pointer 9, in accordance with the construction shown by Figs. 1 and 7, is represented on the front side of the printing frame by an engraved line or arrow: on the rear where the results of the weighingsare printed the pointer J is engraved as an arrow and as a stamp adjusted to the printing frame in such u'ianucr-that the arrow prints itself during the printing with the vern-ier-srale. in the embodiment of the invention according to l igs. S and 9. the pointer is elastically adjusted either or to'the frame position relatively to the has yielding movement to adapt it to printing. This arrangement for printing with fixed pointer has the special advantage that by this means narrow cards or strips can be employed. since it is sullicieut. to print on a small part of the scale and this arrangement is much more easily to he examined than witlnwcighing machines having an oscillating poiuteuaud a fixed scale, wherethe whole are or range oF oscillation must be printed; on the other hand, since the scale and pointer are used directly-fer reading oil and' printing, many mistakes which would otherwise occur are a voidcd'and greater I In the. present form of construction the ratchet wheel '12. which is provided with tour cogs. loosely mounted on the shaft ll and which is moved through the medium of the lever '15 only by means of the carrier 13 on the shaft 14:. The carrier 13 is provided with a sliding disk or cog which engages one cog at a time ofl'he' cog wheel 22 rigidly connected with the ratchet wheel 12 a d moves with each engagement of the rate etwheel 12 one cog, whereby the lever 16 sting by means of a roll upon thoratch so that it cannot change its vermcr scale but,

. wheel ll is moved. Lever 16 transfers by means of the to the rear printing plate :18

accuracy is attained.

connecting rod 17- movement to an angl lever 18. This latter transfers movementto the arm '20 owing to the spring connection 19 between said arm 2t) and the lever 18. Motion is transmitted from the arm 20 to a connecting rod 1-1 attached to the printing frame 10, so that this latter will then print a record of the result. The introduction of the spring 19 enables the pressure to be regulated to a definite value. To the ratchet wheel 12 is rigidly connected the toothed wheel 22 with which the carrier 13 engages. Xear the carrier 13 is also arranged the carrier 23 which, by means of the rod 24, is used for feeding forward the strip on which the resultsof weighing are printed. Here-over, on the improved weighing machine an arrangement. is provided for automatically counting the number of times the weighbridge 7 is loaded, for the purpose of checking whether all weighings have been registered. The described apparatus comprises also the vertical, somewhat movable arrangement for supporting the lever 26 which acts on the lever 36, the lever 36 with the hook 237, the connecting rod 38, the lever 39 with the counterweight 40. the connecting rod 41, and the counting apparatus 19. The latter i'nechanism also includes the lever 43 with the hook 4 1 and the counterweight e5.

A counting apparatus is not shown for the reason that any suitable construction which can be actuated by the oscillatory or recipro catory movement of the connecting rod e1 can be employed, so. under such circumstances, it is thought unnecessary to show such form of mechanism.

By the,action of the weighbridge 7 upon the movable support of the transfer lever t) and consequently .upon the movable support 0% the lever 26, the lever 36 is somewhatdepre sed at this end and thereby raised at the other end, in which motion the connecting rod 138 with the lever 39 and the connecting rod ail must also talte part and lift up the arm on the counting apparatus 42. whereby halt ot the necessary motion at the counting apparatus is completed. 'lhrough the medium of connecting rod 38 extendingt'rom lever 36 to lever 39, together with the counterweight said counterweight that the saidcounting apparatus 42 is operated only when a predetermined weight on the,weighbridge is exceeded. The second half of the motion then takes place during the return of the lever 36 and of the parts connected thereto. In order, however, that this motion shall not take place immediately if the load on the weighbridge is somewhat reduced, in 'which case itmight occur that one and the same load would lie-counted several times, the lever 43 with the. hook weight 45' are provided in order that it shall load lying on the 40. this mechanism as so regulated by the.

.44 and the .only take place when the load is entirely removed from the weighbridge 7. then the lever 36 is caused to rise by the weight i on the weighbridgc 7 the hook 37 f said lever engages the book. 44 movablyv secured --to the lever 43. When the weighbridge 7 is not loaded, the counterweight 45 on the lever 43 exerts adownward movement on the hook 37,, so that the pulling action of the lever 36, which was neutralized through the weight onthe weighbridge,-causes a drawing stress on the hook 44 through the said book 37, whereby the lever'43 yielding to this pull inclines to a certain extent'and the 'fixed arm 46 secured to the lever 43 disen the hook 44 from ages the hook 37 throu'g 'the medium of the movable rod 63, and the said hook 37 with the lever. 36 moves downwardly and the connecting rod 38 'actuates the counting apparatus 42,1; By means of the 'leve r 39, thesmall motion of the lever. 36 is suitably enlarged; bv means of the lever 43 thecounting more tan once ofaload onuthe weighbridge 7 is prevented and adjustmentis effected by the weights 40 and 45.

- The automatic-arrangement for the suspension weights 25 can be constructed-in such manner that the-link-work 27 is not moved directly by'the lever 26, and instead of the weights 31 on the link-work 27 there can also be employed other, -weights in a dljl'erent arrangement, as" well ,as tilting weights which assure a suitable action upon lever 28, as is represented in Figs. 8, 9 and 10.. Instead of. the lever 26 below the weighbridg'e, thelever 51 is attached to the connecting rod 5,-whieh transmits the effect of the load fro means of levers' l and 6- to the weighing mechanism. "Theaxis of rotation of lever 51 1s suspended by the hanging link'53 on lever -28, whereby the action of the linkwork '27 is partly compensated, while the transfer of the load is performed by the connecting rod 52 from the lever 51, upon auxiliary beam 4. The arrangement of the auxlliary beam is the same one as described in' .the former construction from which -the transmission of load to that borne above it v is accomplished through an'inclined beam'S oscillatin on either' side of a horizontal middle p ane by connecting rod'3. When ais placed upon the weighbridge,.the action or said load is transmitted by means ofcoiinecting rod to lever 51, from which :transferred one part by means of con- "ne'ctingrod 3to the inclined beam 8, the other part by means of link 53 upon lever {28, 'By adopting a suitable relative magnitude of the weights 31 'andof the tilting weights 54 the lever 2.8 .is. prevented from yielding to. the load of link 53.as long as the'load of the fweighbridge has not over stepped the range of scale 1. It is assumed that the extent offthejs cale 1, amounts to the weighbridge 7 by to 100 kg. are announced by the scale 1 with out the requisition of the suspended weights 25, as the scale 1 sets in such a way that the pointer 9 fixed 'in the direction of movement of the scale indicates. the point of scale 1 corresponding to the load upon the weighbrid e. If one now assumes thatthe division 0 the scale might be inkilograms and one desires to read oti tenths of kilo grams, then one arranges upon pointer 9 a Vernier-scale which then also permits the reading of the tenth kilograms after the position of scale 1 to the vernier of pbinter 9. When the load of the weighbridge exceeds the extent of scale 1 (this is in this case 100 kg.) the resistance of lever 28 together with the weights 31 and 54 acting upon it is overcome; the lever 28 moves. downward with that end on which hangs the guide 29 with the weights until the'number of weights 25 corresponding to the load of the weighbridge are suspended from auxiliary beam 4. If the load of the weighbridge amounts in this case to between 100 and 200 kgs, the movement of lever 28 goes so far that only one weight 25 is suspended on the auxiliary beam 4, in which case the next weights 31 and 54 stop the lever 28 until the effect of the load of the suspending link 53 overcomes the weight according to the next grade; there are here 200 kgsf upon the Weighbridge and so on until the entire weighing capacity is reached. The tilting weights-"54 serve-especially, therefore, to

prevent the stopping of the initiated move-- ment of lever 28 and also to continue the movement after the suspension of the weights 25 on the auxiliary beam 4 'up to the impact against the next weight 81. thispurpose there are suspended counter weights below on the lowest part of the tilting weights 54, which neutralize, at the right moment, the action of the upper weights by being taken along with the upper ones; Owing to this operation the effect of load upon the inclined beam 8 can never far surpass the extent of scale 1, because asuspension weight 25 is'then always,

hanging on auxiliary beam 4, as soon as the grade of the extent of the scale is exceeded.

For

y the movement of lever 28 is also moved the scale 11 and is guided by the aid of lever 35, whereby the values of the weight of the suspended weights 25 are indicated and the scale 1 sets every time in that proportion of weight, .which exceeds that indicated by scale 11, but is still within the limit to the next suspending weight .25, so that in this case, if the weighbridge is charged with a load of 415, '6 kg., scale 11 will indicate 400 kg. of this load, and the scale 1, 15, 6 kg. ofthe said load. The weights 31, which hang on fixed supports 30, act directly upon the lever 28. while the link-work 27 serves as a retarding device .with its piston 55 in cylinder 51 in order to prevent a too rapid movement of lever 28.

The retarder in Fig. 2 is just like that in 5 Fi 8, and consists in a shallow vessel 57 which is filled with a slowly evaporating fluid (glycerin and the like) to a suitable extent into which dives a stiff plate 58 tas- -tened to the shaft of arm 8 and possessing 10 a slightspace for play. Under certain circumstances air can also be employed. 4

In order to prevent repeated oscillations of the scale 1 and printing frame 10, leaf springs are provided, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings \Vhat is claimed is: 1. A weighing machine having an oscillatory indicating: scale, a stationary pointer cooperative with said scale. and coacting with the latter in reading results, the latter and the pointer having printing charac- .'ters, and means to move the scale against a record reeeiying device to produce an im-' 7 2. Awveighing machine having' a platwith said beam mechanism, a. plurality of weights, a carrier for supporting said weights, and connections between the carrier and the beam mechanism for causin the descent of the carrieron the descent o the platform, and the successive support of said weights by said auxiliary beam.

4. A weighing machine having a platform, beam mechanism for supporting the platform, an auxiliary beam, a connecting member between said beam mechanism and auxiliary bann, a carrier cooperative with the beam mechanism and having structural means and arrangement, to cause it to descend on the descent of the platform, the weights being arranged to be successively supported by the auxiliary beam on the descent of the platform, and a plurality of weights adapted to be successively picked up by said connecting member asthe same rises.

A weighing machine having beam mechanism, a platform supported by the beam mechanism, a registering device operable on each complete movement of the platform, and mechanism controlledv by the platform for preventing the action of the registering" device until the platformhas made a complete movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON MICHEL.

\Vitnesses Josue RUBAnciI, Anvics'ro S. I-loens. 

